It s quite scary reply delete.
Sounds like someone running on my roof.
Raccoons are the largest of these animals so the sound is often heavy more like thumping or walking than the light scurrying of a rat.
It s not at the same time eachday.
Trust me i saw the builders building the roof and there were no kind of animals up there.
Had that problem recently.
We are trying to figure out if they are coming from out.
We have snap trapped 3 rats.
Most of the noises seem to be coming from the top of the walls.
No i didn t live in an apartment but instead a two story house.
I am hearing them right now it actually sounds like a horses gallops.
It comes from all around the room.
Trust me it sounds loud like a freaking human walking.
We ve been hearing this for a year and recently saw a rat on our patio.
Anonymous october 30 2015 at 8 51 pm.
Anonymous january 24 2017 at 3 23 am.
Right now it is 8 degrees f outside.
Squirrel is on the roof chewing on wooden trim like in the photo to the left.
They might be from squirrels under the roof inside your house and attic.
My cat can hear it.
I hear sounds like someone is running on my roof after dark usually at midnight.
Should i ask the roofer to come back to the house and inspect my roof for any holes would they try to climb through a.
At first i thought it was the house settling on like this.
Hey just so you know i have footsteps on my roof at least 12 hours a day and sometimes at night it s called dem squirrels and if you want i can record it tomorrow morning lol.
How did you guys get to remove the racoons.
I also just heard a bird.
The sounds give jun 21 2016 so basically i heard footsteps on my roof last night.
Go back to the main how to get rid of wild animals page for more information about animal on the roof and what types of noises or sounds they make.
Here are the concerns.
Squirrel on a roof is making noises running around and rolling nuts.
Its not all in one area.
There are loud banging noises coming from our attic roof.
The ones that sound like someone is walking just above you.
It literally sounds like someone punching sheetrock.
As i sit here in bed trying to get some sleep i cannot.
Additionally raccoons are primarily nocturnal so the noises occur at night.
You can imagine my fear as a lay there in bed as a child hearing what sounded like footsteps.
A cat or a raccoon will never sound like a human running with the someone is running across my room and portal jumping.
It is nearly every night that i hear what sounds like animals running on the ceiling.
Very heavy sounding footsteps like someone wearing big boots.
Squirrel is on the roof because it is actually entering and living in your attic.
I used to hear them a lot as a child.
While it is impractical to cover the roof in anti bird spikes placing these on the ridge of the roof can help to stop pest birds from landing on your roof and causing problems.